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Good Old Neon (PDF)

Last update:
Nov 6th, 2014

David Foster Wallace’s “Good Old Neon” is one of my absolute favorite stories, and I uploaded it here to share with friends. Google crawlers eventually found it, and it became the top hit when you search for the title — but with no attribution for DFW or the publisher, whose intellectual property I have zero right to. If anyone with the publishing company would like me to take this down, please let me know. As it stands, I hope it encourages more people to seek out his work: the ~1 hour read explores fraudulence and self-doubt in unbelievable detail, and it makes for a great introduction to his broader, more sprawling art. This story is the first thing I ever read of his: by the closing line, I knew an avalanche was coming.